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DOVER-FOXCROFT — On May 22, at the Maine Education Association Representative Assembly, the Center Theatre was given a Golden Apple Award.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Our goal this June at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft is to eliminate the words “I’m bored” from your vocabulary.

BREWER — Northern Light Health announced that it will increase its minimum starting rate to $15 an hour across the organization.

To encourage more people to grow their own vegetables, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Piscataquis County Extension Executive Committee adopted the One Tomato project in 2014.

Grade eight, high honors: Heidi Clawson, Emily Greenlaw, Eli Lane, Brianna Lawrence, Korbyn McCormick, Jack Murray, Kael Niland, Chelsea O’Bar, Cameron Pratt and Elizabeth Richards; honors: Shem Atwater, Emma Bither, Brooklynn Black, Asa Booker, Leora Brochu, Shayli Cirulli, Margarette Clarke, Allison Conner, Carter Coy, Ashton Day, James Estes, Evalyn Fisk, Jackson Goodine, Grace Greene, Scott Greene, Alexis Heretakis, Hailey Holler, Madyson Kimball, Calvin Landry, Serenity McCabe, Kierstyn Nuite, Aspen Perry, Jason Rhoda, Lea Schnetzer, Flynn Schriver, Lochlainn Schriver, Conner Watt and Jaxson Zimmerman.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a home gardening webinar about optimizing compost and manure use in the garden from 6–7:15 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Democrats continued their efforts to address hunger in local communities with the monthly collection of cereal and other staples at their headquarters on North Street in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, May 22.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents had the opportunity to hear directly from the municipal candidates in Dover-Foxcroft about three weeks prior to the June 8 election during a Candidate Night sponsored by the Piscataquis Chapter of the League of Women Voters at the Center Theatre on May 17.

PORTLAND — The Diocese of Portland has announced major updates to the pandemic protocols currently in place at all 141 Catholic churches in Maine.

Many of Maine’s bird species are currently facing stresses causing populations to decline.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23, Daughters of Union Veterans FLAG DONATION — The Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23, Daughters of Union Veterans gives an American flag to a nonprofit group each year as part of their patriotic programs.

FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to announce the annual student awards and scholarships that were recently presented to both undergraduate students and those who graduated this spring.

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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class about using electric pressure cookers to prepare classic barbecue recipes from 6–7:30 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District presents an outstanding conservation achievement award to either a cooperator (farmer, forester, landowner) or educator in Piscataquis County.

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public The Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods property in the 100-Mile Wilderness between Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park has been designated as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England.